Former Springfield Ald. Bob Vose for years has been pushing for upgrades for the Monument Avenue entrance to historic Oak Ridge Cemetery, and on Monday one of the fruits of his labor was unveiled: the banners for next year’s Abraham Lincoln funeral re-enactment.

The major event, planned for the first weekend in May, will commemorate Lincoln’s contribution to the country with a large-scale re-enactment of the funeral procession in Springfield.

“Talk is cheap. It’s getting the work done that counts,” Vose said Monday morning after the banners, hanging side by side on a light post in front of the Oak Ridge Cemetery office on Monument Avenue, were revealed.

A total of 60 of the custom banners will hang along Monument and North Grand avenues.

Dennis Bringuet of Springfield-based Ace Sign Co. created the banners, and John Celuch of St. Louis-based Inlandesign Inc. consulted on the design for the banners and other promotional materials for the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition. Vose estimated the banners cost about $50 apiece to produce.

But Vose isn’t stopping there. He’s turning his focus to raising funds to repave the streets that run through Oak Ridge Cemetery before the event next spring. He said he could see that endeavor requiring as much as to $1 million, and he’s aiming to raise enough by the end of the summer to fund the project.

Lincoln’s remains were transported in 1865 by train from Washington to Springfield after his assassination. A funeral procession, with former president’s body in a funeral carriage, wound its way through Springfield on its way to his burial place, Oak Ridge Cemetery.

The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition has been working for years on the re-creation of the funeral proceedings, which will take place the weekend of May 1-3. The official anniversary of Lincoln’s burial is May 4.

P.J. Staab of Staab Funeral Home in Springfield is working with Tombstone Hearse Co. to build a replica of the hearse that was used for Lincoln’s funeral.

The re-enactment is a major undertaking, and coalition chairwoman Katie Spindell said Monday at the banner unveiling that plans call for about 5,000 Civil War re-enactors to take part. Re-enactors who are interested in participating can register by visiting the coalition’s website.

People across the world have reached out with “offers of their talents, ideas and help” with the event, Spindell said, something she attributed to Lincoln’s “extraordinary contributions to this country.”